I hope you have had a wonderful Advent and Christmas.  It has been a while since I blogged.  I had great plans for blogging through Advent, but between my husbands term papers and finals, the extra homeschooling we were trying to do, and preparations for Christmas, something had to give and the blog was it.  I have good news, though!  My wonderful family blessed me with a new digital camera for Christmas, so not only am I back to blogging, but I should be able to post photos as well.  I'm excited to be able to show you what I'm describing and to add some beauty to my little corner of the blogging world. 

So here goes...  The first thing I wanted to share is our Advent wreath.  I usually have something a little more traditional, but since the wreath is on our dining table which also serves as our school table, I though pillar candles would be a little sturdier than the usual tapers.  So off I went to find three blue and one pink pillar candles.  They were not to be found!  I finally settled on white candles with ribbons in the appropriate colors, put them on my glass cake plate, added some fresh greenery, and I like how it turned out.  Here's a picture: 

I've actually been having trouble getting photos into my posts.  This post actually got lost in cyberspace the day I was writing it and I just found it again.  So I'm not going to try to do any more photos until I get this one posted.  Cross your fingers!